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Civil suit filed against drivers in 2015 crash on Interstate 90

Janesville Gazette (WI)

Nov. 18--JANESVILLE -- A victim of a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 90/39 last year has filed a civil suit in Rock County Court, claiming he is due compensation for his injuries and the loss of his wife, who died in the accident.

The crash on June 13, 2015, killed Jessica Border, 26, and injured several others, including Border's husband, Justin, of N2623 Schofield Road, Lake Geneva, who was 28 at the time.

Justin Border filed the lawsuit Nov. 7. He did not specify what amount should be paid. He requested a 12-person jury trial.

Border contends that Mackenzi Adams, 21, of 1532 Ontario Drive, Janesville, who was charged with homicide by intoxicated driving in the crash, is liable for damages he suffered and continues to suffer.

Authorities reported the Borders' children, then aged 8 and 5, also were injured in the crash, one of them gravely. The children are not mentioned in the lawsuit.

Adams' car was disabled on the side of the highway near Beloit, authorities reported at the time.

Border and another vehicle stopped to help, and that's when the truck hit all three stopped vehicles, according to the criminal complaint.

Border alleges Adams and Linsley were negligent in their driving and that Linsley's employer was responsible for his driving.

The lawsuit states that Border will continue to suffer pain, disability, emotional distress, anxiety, loss of enjoyment of life, the cost of medical care and will lose earnings and earning potential.

He will also suffer the loss of the companionship of his wife and incurred funeral expenses, and will suffer the loss of his wife's financial support, household services and inheritance, the lawsuit states.